Giacomo Gates: Everything is Cool

The vocalese veteran Giacomo Gates with the cognac baritone pays his respects to his hipster vocal heroes including Babs Gonzales...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Album Interview: Jamie Cullum: Interlude

Jamie Cullum | Riaan Vosloo | Ross Stanley | Tim Giles

Following the vintage synths, stylistic mash-ups and perfect pop of Momentum, for his seventh studio album, Interlude, Jamie Cullum makes...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2014

Ivo Neame: Glimpses Of Truth

Gareth Lockrane | George Crowley | Gilad Hekselman | Ingrid Jensen | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Jason Yarde | Jim Hart | Jon Scott | Nathaniel Facey

During the 2015 EFG London Jazz Festival, supertrio Phronesis teamed up with the formidable Frankfurt Radio Big Band to play...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Roberto Magris & Eric Hochberg: Shuffling Ivories

The Italian bassist and Chicagoan pianist are in bebop mode for much of the time here, but with nods to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

John Daversa Quintet: Cuarantena: With Family At Home

Carlo de Rosa | Dafnis Prieto | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | John Daversa | Sammy Figueroa

John Daversa is a hornsman to be reckoned with. Among a zillion other accolades, the longtime Angeleno's 2019 big-band album...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth Big Band: Truth, Liberty & Soul: Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording

Alex Foster | Bob Mintzer | Frank Wess | Howard Johnson | Jaco Pastorius | Jon Faddis | Lew Soloff | Peter Erskine | Randy Brecker | Toots Thielemans

When Jaco Pastorius formed his Word of Mouth big band it was as a sort of anti-reaction to his six-year...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

George Shearing: The Complete Quintet Studio Sessions 1949-54

Al McKibbon | Armando Peraza | Bill Clark | Billy Eckstine | Cal Tjader | Candido Camero | Catalino Rolon | Chuck Wayne | Denzil Best | Dick Evans

Fifteen years ago, someone asked me if Polygram (for whom I compiled a 16-track sampler of this period) was intending...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Various Artists: Jazz Canto Vol. 1

Curious US poetry and jazz from the West Coast in 1958, mostly ghastly overdone delivery by actors, but the wonderful...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson Featuring Joe Lovano

Alex Sipiagin | Bill O'Connell | Conrad Herwig | Joe Lovano | Richie Flores | Robby Ameen | Ronnie Cuber | Ruben Rodriguez

Joe Henderson always approached latin rhythm from a sly and seductive Blue Note angle. In contrast, trombonist Conrad Herwig and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Burak Bedikyan: New Beginning

A fairly recent arrival in New York, the Istanbul-born pianist-composer Burak Bedikyan hits the sweet spot alongside local straightahead stalwarts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019